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- Title
YOUTHFUL SEXUAL OFFENDERS: A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SCHOLARLY REFERENCES, 1970-1992.
- Authors
Openshaw, D. Kim; Graves, Roger B.; Ericksen, Susan L.; Lowry, Marlya; Durso, Deborah D.; Agee, Laurel; Todd, Stephanie; Jones, Kathy E.; Scherzlnger, Julie
- Abstract
The article presents a bibliography of research on young sexual offenders. The national crime statistics reveals that the incidence of reported sex-related offenses committed by preadolescents and adolescents has been increasing at an unprecedented rate over the last decade. These statistics and observations have precipitated clinical interest in conceptualizing the relevant characteristics of sex offenders. Research addressing sexual offending suggests that this phenomenon cuts across all socioeconomic classes, religious orientations, and ethnic groups. With the recent clinical presentation and legal adjudication of the preadolescent sexual offender, an expansion on the term "adolescent sex offender" is suggested, namely, "youthful sexual offender." Increased attention toward youthful sex offending has encouraged a culture-based ideological values shift from that of accepting such behavior as normal exploratory behavior to that of accepting the reality of the devastation suffered by victims of sexual offense.
- Subjects
JUVENILE sex offenders; SEX offenders; ETHNIC groups; STATISTICS; BEHAVIOR; BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Publication
Family Relations, 1993, Vol 42, Issue 2, p222
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/585458